Developer snapshot 2026-07-13

Preview snapshot for players who want the newest features before the next stable release. Expect rough edges; your save files stay compatible whenever possible, but back them up first.

Changes since the previous snapshot

Added

• Online sharing now tells orinks.net which game version you are running. When Profile sharing or cloud backup is on, each post carries the release the game was built from, such as a stable version or a nightly date. It is used only for moderation and troubleshooting, is never shown publicly, and the spoken "Hear what gets shared" disclosure now mentions it.
• The major toll turnpikes now charge realistic tolls. Running the Kansas Turnpike, the Oklahoma turnpikes, the New York Thruway, the Pennsylvania and Ohio turnpikes, the Indiana Toll Road, the Illinois Tollway, the Mass Pike, the Maine and West Virginia turnpikes now adds an estimated commercial toll to the run -- so a toll route is a real cost to weigh against the free way around.
• Owatonna, Marshalltown, Hinesville, and Spring Hill join the map. Owatonna comes onto Interstate 35 south of Minneapolis, Marshalltown onto US-30 in central Iowa, Hinesville ties Fort Stewart into Savannah and Brunswick, and Spring Hill opens the US-19 coast north of Tampa.
• New Jersey and Louisiana fill in. Toms River and Vineland join the map on the Garden State Parkway and in South Jersey, Ruston comes onto Interstate 20 between Shreveport and Monroe, and Hammond ties Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
• The Pacific Northwest interior fills in. Longview comes onto Interstate 5 between Olympia and Portland, Walla Walla ties into the Tri-Cities and Pendleton on US-12, and Port Angeles opens the Olympic Peninsula on US-101.
• Clarksville now runs straight into Nashville. The Interstate 24 route from Clarksville no longer skips past Nashville, and the drive in from the northwest passes Fort Campbell.
• Northern New England joins the map. Rutland ties central Vermont to Burlington and Albany, Keene links southwest New Hampshire, Lewiston opens Maine north of Portland, and Barnstable brings Cape Cod onto the map.
• The Deep South fills in. Cullman comes onto Interstate 65 between Huntsville and Birmingham, Selma onto US-80 west of Montgomery, Troy onto US-231 toward Dothan, and Americus ties into Albany and Columbus in southwest Georgia.
• Ames, Hickory, Danville, and Yuba City join the map. Ames comes onto Interstate 35 north of Des Moines, Hickory onto Interstate 40 between Asheville and Charlotte, Danville onto US-29 between Greensboro and Lynchburg, and Yuba City onto California's CA-99 between Sacramento and Chico.
• Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania fill in. Zanesville comes onto Interstate 70 between Columbus and Wheeling, Meadville onto Interstate 79 between Erie and Pittsburgh, and Chillicothe and Marion tie into Columbus on US-23.
• Oxford, Jamestown, Fort Dodge, and Mattoon join the map. Oxford ties into northern Mississippi (Tupelo, Memphis, Clarksdale), Jamestown onto the Southern Tier between Erie and Buffalo, Fort Dodge into north-central Iowa, and Mattoon onto Interstate 57 between Effingham and Champaign.
• Wheeling, Columbus, and southwest Florida join the map. Wheeling comes onto Interstate 70 between Columbus and Pittsburgh, Columbus anchors east-central Nebraska, and Sarasota and North Port fill the Interstate 75 run down Florida's Gulf coast between Tampa and Fort Myers.
• The West Texas plains fill in. Plainview comes onto Interstate 27 between Lubbock and Amarillo, Big Spring onto Interstate 20 between Midland and Abilene, and Hereford ties Amarillo west to Clovis on US-60.
• Palm Coast, Ridgecrest, and Susanville reach the last corners. Palm Coast comes onto Interstate 95 between Daytona and Jacksonville, and Ridgecrest and Susanville open the lonely US-395 desert runs in California -- including the mountain climb over the Cascades from Susanville to Redding.
• The Georgia and South Carolina midlands fill in. Dublin comes onto Interstate 16 between Macon and Savannah, Statesboro ties into Savannah and Augusta, and Sumter links Columbia and Florence.
• Findlay, Dyersburg, and Burlington fill more gaps. Findlay comes onto Interstate 75 between Toledo and Lima, Dyersburg ties northwest Tennessee to Memphis and Jackson, and Burlington joins the Mississippi in southeast Iowa between Ottumwa and Iowa City.
• Russellville joins the Arkansas River valley. Russellville comes onto Interstate 40 between Conway and Fort Smith, a real stop on the run west from Little Rock.
• Central Oklahoma fills in. Stillwater, Ponca City, and Ada join the map, linking Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Enid, Bartlesville, Ardmore, and McAlester across the middle of the state.
• Jamestown, Mason City, and Altus fill the last plains gaps. Jamestown comes onto Interstate 94 between Bismarck and Fargo, Mason City onto Interstate 35 between Albert Lea and Des Moines, and Altus ties into southwestern Oklahoma.
• Norfolk, Brownwood, and Pampa round out the plains. Norfolk anchors northeast Nebraska (Sioux City, Grand Island, Omaha), Brownwood ties central Texas together (Abilene, San Angelo, Lampasas), and Pampa comes onto the map in the Texas Panhandle north of Amarillo.
• Vincennes and Poplar Bluff join the map. Vincennes seats on the US-41 corridor between Terre Haute and Evansville, and Poplar Bluff anchors southeastern Missouri with runs to Cape Girardeau, Jonesboro, and a US-60 haul west into the Ozarks toward Springfield.
• The Blues Highway fills in at Clarksdale. Clarksdale joins the map on US-61, completing the Delta run from Memphis down through Cleveland to Greenville, with an eastern tie to Grenada.
• The Columbia Gorge opens at The Dalles. The Dalles comes onto Interstate 84 between Portland and Pendleton, seating a stop in the Gorge on the run east.
• East Texas piney woods open at Palestine. Palestine joins the map hubbing Tyler, Lufkin, and College Station on US-69, US-84, and TX-21.
• Douglas joins southeastern Arizona. The border town of Douglas ties in over the Mule Mountains through Bisbee to Sierra Vista and runs northwest to Tucson.
• The north country opens at Watertown. Watertown joins the map on Interstate 81 north of Syracuse and ties east to Utica over the Tug Hill on NY-12.
• The southwest Texas border country joins the map. Uvalde comes onto the US-90 run between San Antonio and Del Rio, and the border city of Eagle Pass ties in on US-57 and US-277.
• Central Kansas fills in. Emporia comes onto the Kansas Turnpike between Topeka and Wichita, and Hutchinson and Great Bend open a wheat-country run from Wichita and Salina west toward Hays.
• Hot Springs joins the map in the Ouachitas. The old resort town links to Little Rock and Texarkana on US-70 and runs north to Fort Smith on US-270 -- a real mountain haul over the Ouachita ridges.
• The Missouri and Iowa heartland fills in. Sedalia opens the US-50 run between Kansas City and Columbia, and Kirksville and Ottumwa join a US-63 corridor north from Columbia up into Des Moines.
• The US-15 route through north-central Pennsylvania opens. Williamsport joins the map on the Susquehanna, linking Harrisburg, State College, and Binghamton -- including the mountain climb north onto the plateau toward New York.
• The Grand Strand comes onto the map at Myrtle Beach. Myrtle Beach seats on the coastal US-17 run between Charleston and Wilmington and ties inland to Florence and Interstate 95 on US-501.
• Western Illinois joins along the Mississippi. The river port of Quincy and the rail town of Galesburg come onto the map, opening the Interstate 72 run east to Springfield and a proper Interstate 74 stop at Galesburg between Peoria and the Quad Cities.
• The Mississippi Delta opens up at Greenville. Greenville joins the map with US-82 east to Grenada, US-61 south down the Delta to Vicksburg, and a run across the river into Arkansas toward Pine Bluff.
• Southeastern New Mexico's oil country joins the map. Hobbs anchors the Permian Basin with runs to Carlsbad, Lubbock, and Odessa, and Alamogordo opens the US-54 and US-70 routes between El Paso, Las Cruces, and Roswell -- including the mountain climb over the Sacramentos.
• Wisconsin's Fox Valley and lakeshore fill in. Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, and Sheboygan join the map, opening the Interstate 41 run up the Fox River Valley from Milwaukee to Green Bay and the Interstate 43 lakeshore route past Sheboygan.
• A northern route across the Pennsylvania mountains opens up. Altoona and State College join the map, giving a US-22 and US-322 run from Pittsburgh over the Allegheny ridges to Harrisburg -- a real mountain haul alongside the Turnpike, with steep grades over the Allegheny Front and the Seven Mountains.
• Central Indiana fills in around Indianapolis. Muncie, Anderson, Kokomo, Columbus, and Richmond join the map, opening the Interstate 69 run northeast, the US-31 haul north to Kokomo, and proper Interstate 65 and 70 stops at Columbus and Richmond on the way to Louisville and Dayton.
• The Colorado River and southern Arizona fill in. Lake Havasu City and Bullhead City open the river run down from Kingman to Yuma, and Nogales and Sierra Vista put the Mexican border and Interstate 19 on the map below Tucson.
• Eastern North Carolina comes onto the map. Greenville, Jacksonville, New Bern, and Rocky Mount join the network, opening the US-17 coastal run from Wilmington up past Camp Lejeune, the US-264 haul from Raleigh, and a proper Interstate 95 stop at Rocky Mount between Fayetteville and Virginia.
• US-60 climbs east from Phoenix through copper country. Globe -- the old copper-mining town -- and Show Low, up in the White Mountains, join the map, opening the US-60 run past Apache Junction and Superior, down through the Salt River Canyon, and on to Interstate 40 at Holbrook.
• The Interstate 10 corridor around Phoenix fills in. Casa Grande -- the big distribution hub between Phoenix and Tucson -- and Buckeye, out on the western farm flats, join the map, breaking the I-10 runs into real stops past Eloy, Marana, and Quartzsite.
• The Verde Valley opens along Interstate 17. Camp Verde -- the I-17/AZ-260 junction -- plus Cottonwood and red-rock Sedona join the map, splitting the Phoenix-to-Flagstaff run through the valley, with AZ-260 tying east to Payson.
• The Beeline Highway and Route 66 open central Arizona. Payson -- the junction town below the Mogollon Rim -- plus Winslow and Holbrook join the map: the AZ-87 Beeline climb from Phoenix to Payson, the AZ-260 run east to Winslow, and Interstate 40 past Holbrook to Gallup.
• Northern Wisconsin fills in, Wausau up to Duluth. Chippewa Falls and Rice Lake join the map, carrying WI-29 and US-53 north from Green Bay country up through Superior to the head of Lake Superior at Duluth.
• US-89 climbs to Page and Lake Powell. Page joins the map, opening the run north from Flagstaff across the Navajo Nation, past Cameron, to the Glen Canyon and Lake Powell country.
• The Redwood Highway opens, US-101 north to Eureka. Willits and Fortuna join the map, completing the North Coast run from Ukiah up through the redwoods -- past Garberville and down the Eel River canyon -- to Eureka on Humboldt Bay.
• The eastern Sierra opens along US-395, Reno to the Antelope Valley. Carson City, Mammoth Lakes, Bishop, Lone Pine, and Mojave join the map, opening the long run down the east side of the Sierra Nevada -- over Conway Summit and the Sherwin Grade, through the Owens Valley beneath Mount Whitney, down to Mojave and Lancaster.
• Interstate 90's Silver Valley opens across the Idaho panhandle. Kellogg -- heart of the old silver-mining country -- and Superior, Montana join the map, breaking out the I-90 run from Coeur d'Alene over Lookout Pass into Missoula, past historic Wallace.
• Southwest Colorado connects to the Front Range over Wolf Creek Pass. Pagosa Springs, Alamosa, and Walsenburg join the map, opening the US-160 run from Durango across Wolf Creek and La Veta passes down to Pueblo and Interstate 25 -- Wolf Creek being the pass of runaway-truck fame, a fourteen-percent grade over the San Juans.
• The Million Dollar Highway opens, Durango to Grand Junction. Montrose and Delta join the map, breaking out the US-550 run over Red Mountain Pass -- past Silverton and Ouray, the "Switzerland of America" -- a real high-country crossing that climbs over four thousand feet with grades past eleven percent, the steepest, most dramatic road on the map.
• Interstate 81 now reaches Richmond the primary way, over Afton Mountain. From Staunton, at the Interstate 64 / Interstate 81 junction, a load off I-81 can now take I-64 east through the Blue Ridge -- past Waynesboro and Charlottesville into Richmond -- the main truck route east, not just the older US-460 line through Lynchburg.
• The Tri-Cities open up along Interstate 81 and US-11W. Marion and Abingdon in southwest Virginia, and Bristol and Kingsport in northeast Tennessee, join the map -- linking Wytheville down through the Tennessee valley to Morristown and Knoxville, so the whole I-81 Appalachian freight run is drivable.
• A Black Hills freight run opens, Cheyenne to Rapid City. Wheatland and Lusk out on the Wyoming high plains, and Hot Springs at the southern edge of the Black Hills, join the map -- linking Cheyenne up through Lusk and into Rapid City and Mount Rushmore country.
• US-287 completes the Ports-to-Plains, all the way to Denver. Boise City out in the Oklahoma panhandle, and Lamar and Limon on the Colorado high plains, join the map -- finishing the US-287 freight spine so a load can run from San Antonio up through the Panhandle to the Colorado Front Range on US highways.
• US-287 climbs the Texas Panhandle north of Amarillo. Dumas -- cattle and meatpacking country -- and Stratford join the map, carrying the Ports-to-Plains freight run up toward the Oklahoma line (Colorado and Denver still to come).
• US-75 reaches north out of Tulsa into Kansas. Bartlesville -- the old Phillips 66 oil town -- and Coffeyville join the map, carrying the US-75 freight run up across the Oklahoma line into southeast Kansas.
• US-69 connects southeastern Oklahoma up to Muskogee. McAlester joins the map, completing the US-69 freight run east of US-75 -- from Durant and Atoka up through Eufaula and Checotah -- so the Texoma corridor reaches Muskogee and Fort Smith.
• US-287 becomes drivable town by town across the Texas Panhandle. Vernon, Childress, and Clarendon join the map, breaking the long Wichita Falls to Amarillo haul into real stops along the Ports-to-Plains freight route -- through Quanah, Memphis, and Claude.
• US-75 links Dallas and Tulsa through southern Oklahoma. Durant, Atoka, Henryetta, and Okmulgee join the map, completing the north-south run from the Metroplex up across the Red River and through the Choctaw and Muscogee country to Tulsa -- a freight route that skips the long swing out to Interstate 44.
• US-281 opens up central Texas, a north-south run beside Interstate 35. Five towns join the map -- Marble Falls in the Highland Lakes, Lampasas, Stephenville, Mineral Wells, and Jacksboro -- linking San Antonio all the way up to Wichita Falls on US-281, the freight route that skips the Interstate 35 crawl through Austin and the Metroplex.
• Nine long runs now call out real towns instead of vague corridors. On routes like San Antonio to Dallas, Denver to Salt Lake City, Phoenix to Los Angeles, Atlanta to Birmingham, and Chicago to Indianapolis, the game names the actual towns you pass -- New Braunfels and Waxahachie, Steamboat Springs and Vernal, Quartzsite, Baker and Yermo out in the desert -- in place of the old generic "corridor" markers.
• Thirteen more cities finish the flavor map, coast to coast. Socorro joins Interstate 25 down the Rio Grande; Modesto and Merced fill California's Highway 99 between Stockton and Fresno; New London lands on Interstate 95 between Providence and New Haven; plus Clovis, Sherman, Paris, Lufkin, and Victoria across Texas and New Mexico, Prescott in the Arizona highlands, Logan and Moab in Utah, and Aberdeen up in the Dakotas.
• Nine more Southern cities join the map. Gadsden lands on Interstate 59 between Birmingham and Chattanooga; Brunswick breaks up the Interstate 95 run from Jacksonville to Savannah; Natchitoches sits on Interstate 49 between Alexandria and Shreveport; plus Florence in the Alabama Shoals, Rome and Columbus, historic Natchez on the Mississippi bluffs, Panama City on the Florida panhandle, and Houma down in the Louisiana bayou.
• The central California coast fills in along US-101. San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara join the map, completing the scenic coast run between the Bay Area and Los Angeles -- Salinas down through SLO and Santa Maria, over the coastal grades to Santa Barbara and Oxnard.
• The Florida Gulf coast opens up, across Alligator Alley. Fort Myers and Naples join the map, connecting Tampa down the Gulf coast, and the run from Naples to Miami takes Interstate 75's Alligator Alley straight across the Everglades -- no services for eighty miles, panther-crossing country, and a truck toll for the privilege.
• Drive the Overseas Highway to Key West. Key West joins the map at the very end of the road, reached from Miami down US-1 through the Florida Keys -- Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon, Big Pine Key -- across the Seven Mile Bridge, all the way to the southernmost point in the continental United States.
• You can now cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Cape Charles joins the map on Virginia's Eastern Shore, and the run north from Norfolk takes you out across the seventeen-mile Bridge-Tunnel -- diving into two tunnels beneath the shipping channels, past Sea Gull Island, out to where no land is visible in any direction, and up the Delmarva peninsula to Salisbury. It carries a hefty truck toll, because of course it does.
• The northern Rockies and the Great Basin connect end to end. Fifteen final runs: Missoula to Helena over MacDonald Pass, Provo to Green River over Soldier Summit, and Fort Collins up to Laramie -- real mountain grades -- plus Helena to Bozeman, Missoula to Kalispell, Great Falls to Havre along the Hi-Line, Casper to Gillette to Miles City, the North Dakota oil country (Dickinson, Williston, Glendive, Wolf Point), and the empty heart of Nevada and Utah (Twin Falls to Wells, West Wendover to Ely, Winnemucca to Fallon, Cedar City to Richfield).
• The Pacific Northwest fills in over the Cascade passes. Fourteen new runs: Seattle over Stevens Pass to Wenatchee, Tacoma over White Pass to Yakima, Salem over Santiam Pass to Bend -- real mountain grades with brake checks -- plus the Willamette Valley (Salem-Corvallis, Newport-Albany), the Columbia Basin (Wenatchee, Moses Lake, Tri-Cities, Yakima), the Oregon coast to Olympia, and the Idaho panhandle from Lewiston through Coeur d'Alene to Sandpoint.
• California connects up, coast to desert. Twelve new runs: San Francisco to Santa Rosa and San Jose to Salinas and Stockton; Salinas down the coast to Santa Maria; Fresno to Visalia; Oxnard to Valencia; Bakersfield over Tehachapi to Barstow; Lancaster to Barstow and Victorville; San Diego up to Riverside; and Riverside out to Indio and El Centro across the desert.
• The Great Plains ladder and the Ozarks connect up. Fourteen new runs lace the plains together -- Dodge City to Hays, Garden City and North Platte to Colby, Kearney to Hays, Lincoln to Junction City, Bismarck to Minot, Mitchell to Watertown, Sioux Falls to Mankato, Willmar to Watertown -- and down south, Columbia to Rolla, Kansas City to Springfield, and three roads into Harrison, Arkansas from Springfield, Conway, and Bentonville through the Ozark hills.
• Twelve more cities open up the western plains and the Rockies. Lawrence, Kansas joins the Interstate 70 run from Topeka to Kansas City; Ardmore breaks up Oklahoma City to Dallas over the Arbuckle Mountains; Rawlins lands on Interstate 80 across Wyoming; Alexandria anchors the middle of Interstate 49 in Louisiana; and the long-empty corners fill in -- Roswell and Carlsbad in the New Mexico oil country, Farmington and Durango at the Four Corners over the Million Dollar Highway, plus Muskogee, Liberal, Scottsbluff, and Pierre.
• Texas and the southern plains connect up with thirteen new runs. The Interstate 49 line finishes across Arkansas from Fort Smith to Texarkana; Tulsa reaches Fayetteville, Enid, and Wichita; Waco runs to Tyler and on to Texarkana; Lake Charles crosses into Orange; College Station to Temple; Austin up into the Hill Country to Kerrville; and out west, San Angelo connects to Junction, Del Rio, and Fort Stockton, with Odessa reaching Fort Stockton across the oil patch.
• Twelve more cities fill in the eastern and heartland map. Cumberland, Maryland lands on the Interstate 68 climb over the Alleghenies; Saint Joseph joins the Interstate 29 run from Kansas City to Omaha; Mansfield breaks up Columbus to Cleveland; Youngstown sits between Akron and Pittsburgh; plus Staunton, Paducah, Owensboro, Parkersburg, Mount Vernon, Cape Girardeau, Waterloo, and Daytona Beach -- each connecting to its neighbors on real highways through towns like Paw Paw, Romney, and Appalachian coal country.
• The Midwest lattice comes together with nineteen new runs. Cedar Rapids to Iowa City; Peoria to Springfield, Decatur, and on to Bloomington and St. Louis; Champaign to Lafayette; and across Michigan and the crossroads, Detroit to Ann Arbor, Flint, and Toledo; Toledo to Columbus; Fort Wayne to Elkhart, Lansing, and Gary; Lansing and Kalamazoo; Milwaukee to Rockford; Indianapolis to South Bend; Grand Rapids to Saginaw; and Muskegon up to Traverse City along Lake Michigan.
• The Northeast fills in from Maine to the Chesapeake. Fourteen new short-haul runs stitch the dense Northeast together: Boston to Manchester, Providence to Worcester, Hartford, and New Haven; Philadelphia to Allentown and on to Trenton; Baltimore and Washington across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Dover and Salisbury; Harrisburg to Wilmington; Washington and Pittsburgh to Carlisle; Binghamton to Utica; and up through the Green and White Mountains, Albany and Portland, Maine to Montpelier.
• Lynchburg and Longview become real hubs. Lynchburg, Virginia now anchors US-460 between Roanoke and Richmond -- past Bedford, Appomattox, and Midlothian -- and reaches Charlottesville up US-29. Longview, Texas takes its place on Interstate 20 between Tyler and Shreveport, past Marshall, and runs up US-59 to Texarkana.
• Seven cities fill in long blank stretches of Interstate. Wytheville breaks up the Interstate 81 run through the Virginia mountains; Bloomington splits the Interstate 69 haul to Evansville; Lima lands on Interstate 75 between Toledo and Dayton; Ocala joins the Jacksonville-to-Tampa run; Dubuque anchors the Mississippi River crossing on US-20; and Terre Haute and Effingham break the long Indianapolis- to-St. Louis drive on Interstate 70 into real stops. Each was a place you drove past for a hundred miles with nowhere to stop -- now they're real cities to pick up and deliver in.
• The Carolinas and Virginia knit together with thirteen new runs. Charlotte reaches Winston-Salem and Lumberton; Wilmington connects to Lumberton; Greensboro drops to Fayetteville; Charleston runs up to Florence; Asheville crosses the Blue Ridge to Spartanburg and Greenville; Roanoke links to Winston-Salem; Raleigh and Norfolk both reach Petersburg; and out of Washington, new roads run to Winchester, Hagerstown, and Charlottesville through Leesburg, Warrenton, and Frederick.
• The Kentucky parkways and the Appalachian coalfields open up. Thirteen new runs through some of the most storied hauling country in the East: Pound Gap from Johnson City to Pikeville, Corridor G from Charleston, the Cumberland Gap on US-25E, the Mountain Parkway to Hazard, Interstate 68 over the Alleghenies to Hagerstown, and the New River Gorge road to Beckley -- real mountain grades with brake checks, plus the Bluegrass, Western Kentucky, and Cumberland parkways through Bardstown, Somerset, and Middlesboro.
• Georgia fills in from the mountains to the Florida line. Athens now connects to Macon, Augusta, and Greenville, South Carolina; Macon reaches Columbus; LaGrange drops to Columbus on Interstate 185; and across the south, Albany links to Cordele, Valdosta, and Tallahassee while Valdosta reaches Tallahassee and Dothan -- ten new runs through antebellum Madison, Uncle Remus's Eatonton, Moultrie, and Cairo.
• The Deep South knits together with eleven more connections. Birmingham runs down to Opelika and on to Columbus, Georgia; Columbus drops to Dothan past Lake Eufaula; Montgomery reaches Meridian on US-80 through Selma; Huntsville joins Chattanooga along the Tennessee River past Scottsboro; Mobile connects to Hattiesburg, Baton Rouge to Gulfport, and Crestview up to Dothan. In the west, Shreveport now reaches Texarkana on Interstate 49, and Little Rock and Texarkana both connect down to El Dorado through the south Arkansas timber country.
• Two Tennessee cities join the Interstate 40 run across the state. Jackson now breaks up the long Memphis-to-Nashville haul, and Cookeville splits the Nashville-to-Knoxville climb over the Cumberland Plateau -- so driving clear across Tennessee now stops in real towns the whole way (Jackson, Nashville, Cookeville) with Buck Snort and Parker Crossroads still along the road.
• Nine famous Interstate stretches open up at once. The New York Thruway from the city to Albany up the Hudson Valley; Interstate 5 from Sacramento to Redding; the Cajon Pass climb from Riverside to Victorville -- a real mountain grade; Interstate 75 from Toledo to Dayton past Neil Armstrong's hometown of Wapakoneta; Kansas City to Joplin past Harry Truman's birthplace; plus Chicago to Champaign, Indianapolis to Evansville, Colorado Springs to Pueblo, and Tallahassee to Lake City across the quiet Big Bend.
• Optional Profile sharing stays quiet during driving. With Profile sharing on, Freight Fate can queue automatic fictional road-journal posts, achievements, and an allowlisted last-saved career snapshot for the public driver profile. Offline posting retries in the background and never adds a spoken interruption while driving.
• The drivable map crosses one hundred thousand miles. This drop adds about twenty-seven thousand four hundred miles of new road and ninety-five new cities, bringing the network past one hundred thousand miles you can actually drive -- 126,238 miles across 470 cities and 1,039 routes.
• Routes now carry the real posted speed limits. Instead of estimating a limit from the road type, every leg on the map now carries the actual posted speed limits from map data (interstates, US highways, and more), so your truck runs the real limit on the road it is driving. Rural roads without published limits still fall back to a sensible estimate.

Changed

• Your public profile now fills in the moment you turn Profile sharing on. Connecting to orinks.net or re-enabling sharing publishes your career summary right away, instead of waiting for your next save at a delivery or terminal.
• The engine no longer jumps in volume the instant an automatic shift finishes. It now eases back up to full pull over a brief moment, so completed shifts sound smooth instead of abruptly snapping back under load.

Fixed

• Controllers are left alone when controller support is off. With the setting disabled, the game no longer starts up the controller system or grabs a connected pad; turning support on in Settings, Gameplay activates it, and turning it back off releases the controller again.
• Engine sound now stays present through automatic gear changes. Shifts still ease the engine tone briefly, without the repeated volume pumping that could sound like the engine was dropping out.
• Starting the engine no longer dips in volume. The running engine sound now meets the tail of the ignition sound at the same level, then settles smoothly down to idle instead of briefly dropping out.
• A few routes now name the right highway. On the runs from Denver to Salt Lake City, Santa Rosa to Stockton, and Clarksville to Huntsville, the game announced a highway the route never actually takes; it now names the road you are really driving.